Public Health

Adding a public health insurance option to the current healthcare system is currently more popular among voters than "Medicare for All," but the next round of Democratic presidential debates could change that, the latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll…

About 2 percent of women prescribed opioid painkillers around the time of childbirth show signs of persistent opioid use following initial prescription, according to a study published July 26 in JAMA Network Open and reported by STAT.

Opioid-prescribing during hospital stays and at discharge may be higher in the United States than in other countries, according to a study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

The National Institutes of Health plans to form a network, supported by $155 million in grants, to drive research on addiction treatment for opioid use disorder in criminal justice settings.

Had all states expanded Medicaid under the ACA, an additional 15,600 deaths would have been averted, according to a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

A small fire forced Largo (Fla.) Medical Center to relocate nearly 20 patients July 18, reports ABC affiliate WFTS.

Overdose-related deaths have fallen for the first time since 1990, according to preliminary CDC data cited by The New York Times.

NYC Health + Hospitals, a network of 11 public hospitals in New York City, will launch a $100 million per year program that aims to reduce the strain on emergency rooms by providing patients better access to primary care Aug.…

A FedEx driver transported three patients to Atlanta-based Grady Hospital after a July 15 shooting, reports CNN.

A stray bullet shattered a window and lodged into a wall at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., on the morning of July 15, according to local TV station NBC4.